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, i'm told by my friends in kabul that the number of people in line to get voters i.d. has increased more than 3 million and new people, meaning new people who have come of age or didn't register before have registered. i think the number of participants will likely be much higher than the previous election. >> there is a lot of enthusiasm despite theup tick in violence that we have talked about in the country. what do the afghans think this election is going to do for them? >> they believe this is going to be a new chapter. i think president karzai has achieved a lot during his term, afghanistan is fundamentally a different and a better place than it was. most afghans have benefited a lot from the change, although there are some who have suffered, particularly in the south and the east because of the security problem. afghans live longer than they did before the west went in. millions, over 10 millions afghans go school, 900,000 did under the taliban and the income per capita was only $180, now it's close to $700. still a poor country, but a much better country than it
, i'm told by my friends in kabul that the number of people in line to get voters i.d. has increased more than 3 million and new people, meaning new people who have come of age or didn't register before have registered. i think the number of participants will likely be much higher than the previous election. >> there is a lot of enthusiasm despite theup tick in violence that we have talked about in the country. what do the afghans think this election is going to do for them? >> they...
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in kabul, the lines were very long. lots of men and women voting. in some places, actually ran out of ballots, there were so many people who wanted to vote. where i spent most of e day, about 70 miles south of kabul, there were very few voters. quite a bit of sort of small-scale taliban violence. and people worried about the insurgents potentially punishing voters after casting their ballots. so i think it really varied across the country pretty wildly. >> what about the leading candidates. >> reporter: a former world bank official, johns hopkins professor, phd from columbia university, who ran in 2009. and i think at around 3% of the vote. did very, very poorly. but this time has managed to really galvanize a huge number of afghan voters. in part by choosing a controversial vice president, a warlord named dostin, very, very popular with certain ethnic groups, but has a sort of sketchy history. the other candidate who is doing very well is dr. abdullah abdullah, came in second to karzai. and abdullah is the most prominent tajc candidate at this poin
in kabul, the lines were very long. lots of men and women voting. in some places, actually ran out of ballots, there were so many people who wanted to vote. where i spent most of e day, about 70 miles south of kabul, there were very few voters. quite a bit of sort of small-scale taliban violence. and people worried about the insurgents potentially punishing voters after casting their ballots. so i think it really varied across the country pretty wildly. >> what about the leading...
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an explosion that killed at least six policemen outside the interior ministry right in the heart of kabul. on what may be the country's most crucial election since the overthrow the taliban. we report on different candidates vying to replace hamid karzai. >> afghans are determined to take part even in kandahar. they have threatened to disrupt the process. they have not succeeded. this time, it's a big rally. minister.finance stronghold, he is emphasizing his tribal credentials. he is the man that can bring peace to an area that has seen some of the worst fighting. but why would the taliban want to talk? >> the forces are not threatened. and the kind of numbers that make them doubtful that they would ever leave. we have succeeded. we have brought about massive participation of the public in this election. the democratic process is gaining ground. >> we drive north for a rally to a candidate that will ease the best people are the men that fought its wars. scholar, one of the most notorious warlords. but in the past decade, he has been useful to the west. he is even talking about women's rig
an explosion that killed at least six policemen outside the interior ministry right in the heart of kabul. on what may be the country's most crucial election since the overthrow the taliban. we report on different candidates vying to replace hamid karzai. >> afghans are determined to take part even in kandahar. they have threatened to disrupt the process. they have not succeeded. this time, it's a big rally. minister.finance stronghold, he is emphasizing his tribal credentials. he is the...
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he also directed the joint anticorruption task force in kabul, afghanistan, from 2010-2012. last month, secretary of defense hagel. he will oversee the army's think tank which focuses on the future of warfare. i am pleased to have major general h.r. mcmaster back at this table, welcome. >> charlie, thanks. it's great to be with you. >> rose: you as well. tell me what your new responsibilities are. >> it's a privilege to continue to serve in any capacity but it's particularly exciting to join an organization who makes sure our army is prepared as part of the joint force to deter conflict, to response to crisises and if necessary fight and win in future wars. as americans we don't expect to, and we ought not to have fair fight. so we want to give our forces every advantage we can give them. and so the first order of business is to sort of lay a strong conceptual foundation that defines the problem of future war, and then how we have to preparure forces to fight and win in future armed conflicts. >> rose: are we now prepared it fight two warlz at the same time? >> i think it's
he also directed the joint anticorruption task force in kabul, afghanistan, from 2010-2012. last month, secretary of defense hagel. he will oversee the army's think tank which focuses on the future of warfare. i am pleased to have major general h.r. mcmaster back at this table, welcome. >> charlie, thanks. it's great to be with you. >> rose: you as well. tell me what your new responsibilities are. >> it's a privilege to continue to serve in any capacity but it's particularly...
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enemy carries out any kind of attack in kabul. our forces have the ability to eliminate the threats quickly and prevent them from creating any problems or threatening our people or our elections. >> woodruff: final results in the election are not expected for some weeks. in ukraine, prime minister arseny yatsenyuk warned his country will never accept russia's annexation of crimea. instead, he said kiev will focus on austerity measures, including raising gas prices and cutting pensions. he called it "the price of independence" in the face of russian economic pressure. secretary of state john kerry warned today the obama administration is re-evaluating its role in trying to foster middle east peace talks. he spoke after a week in which the palestinians resumed seeking u.n. recognition and the israelis canceled a release of palestinian prisoners. in morocco, kerry said it's "reality check time." >> there are limits to the amount of time and effort that the united states can spend if the parties themselves are unwilling to take constr
enemy carries out any kind of attack in kabul. our forces have the ability to eliminate the threats quickly and prevent them from creating any problems or threatening our people or our elections. >> woodruff: final results in the election are not expected for some weeks. in ukraine, prime minister arseny yatsenyuk warned his country will never accept russia's annexation of crimea. instead, he said kiev will focus on austerity measures, including raising gas prices and cutting pensions. he...
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i was just there last week in kabul. we had four suicide bombings in five days in kabul city. and so and they're coming from pakistan. there is to doubt that they are training-- that is what i cover, i show in the book. that there is a lot of training camps and indoctrine ating recruitment of young afghans and pakistanies that are sent in. >> srennivasan: you went to one of the madrasas where many of the suicide bombers were coming from. and you were able to speak to some people from there, what did you learn? ness we learned that families give their sons to the madrasases they go for religious instruction, because it is free, so they give their sons and then their sons are disappearing, they are told they had gone on off on a training exercise or to some other cause somewhere. and in fact, then they have been sent into afghanistan. and then days later or weeks later they would be told your son is being martyred in a suicide attack. and it was a complete shock to these families. i went around to try and find out what was happening. and i was amazed how these families didn't kn
i was just there last week in kabul. we had four suicide bombings in five days in kabul city. and so and they're coming from pakistan. there is to doubt that they are training-- that is what i cover, i show in the book. that there is a lot of training camps and indoctrine ating recruitment of young afghans and pakistanies that are sent in. >> srennivasan: you went to one of the madrasas where many of the suicide bombers were coming from. and you were able to speak to some people from...
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karen allen, bbc news, kabul. >> a little girl reunited with her father there. you are watching be "bbc world news america". smum -- still to come, buried under student debt, many college graduates are finding the graeme of owning a home is simply a nightmare when it comes to getting a loan. >>> the prosecutor in the oscar pistorious murder trial said today it was improbable that reeva steenkamp would be silent before he killed her but under cross-examination, oscar pistorious said he didn't hear his give -- girlfriend scream. >> at the end of another punishing week, crs examination, oscar pistorious repeatedly accused of lying about how he shot reeva steenkamp. as usual, no video of him was allowed. prosecutors asked why he didn't talk to his girlfriend and check where she was the moment he felt they were in danger that night. >> when you heard the noise, you never discussed the noise with her? >> i did not discuss the noise wither. >> you didn't say, reeva, did you hear that? >> i did not. >> why not? she's awake. is >> pistorious then argued that it was insti
karen allen, bbc news, kabul. >> a little girl reunited with her father there. you are watching be "bbc world news america". smum -- still to come, buried under student debt, many college graduates are finding the graeme of owning a home is simply a nightmare when it comes to getting a loan. >>> the prosecutor in the oscar pistorious murder trial said today it was improbable that reeva steenkamp would be silent before he killed her but under cross-examination, oscar...
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. >> sreenivasan: police were on high alert outside the interior ministry in kabul, after a taliban bomber, wearing a uniform, got past several checkpoints and blew himself up. six officers were killed, the latest violence in the run-up to saturday's presidential election. in just the past week, the taliban staged four attacks, including one on the election commission headquarters. the militants also warned voters again today to steer clear of polling places on election day. but the head of the election commission urged voters not to be deterred. >> ( translated ): i announce that we are committed to hold the election and i call on our honorable people to participate in big numbers and cast their vote for their favorite candidate, i am sure that our people will participate hugely despite security threats, i ask our people to ignore the security threats and prove to the world and your enemy that we are not scared and ready to vote. >> sreenivasan: on the streets, it seems afghans are indeed ready. hundreds of thousands have turned up at campaign rallies. all told, 11 candidates are running
. >> sreenivasan: police were on high alert outside the interior ministry in kabul, after a taliban bomber, wearing a uniform, got past several checkpoints and blew himself up. six officers were killed, the latest violence in the run-up to saturday's presidential election. in just the past week, the taliban staged four attacks, including one on the election commission headquarters. the militants also warned voters again today to steer clear of polling places on election day. but the head...
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long lines formed on a raw, rainy day in kabul. outgoing president hamid karza spoke after filling out his own ballot. >> ( translated ): i cast my vote today as a citizen of this country and i am so glad and proud that i have voted today. i am certain that today's event and our people's participation will take afghanistan towards stability and better lives for the people. >> warner: the pace of deadly taliban strikes had escalated leading up to the balloting. but saturday saw no major attacks, and the high turnout was its own message, said prominent lawmaker shukria barakzai. >> that was a fantastic slap on the face of enemy of afghanistan and exactly a big punch on the face of those whom believed afghanistan is not ready for democracy. >> warner: there were three frontrunners all bidding to replace president karzai, who was term-limited after 12 years. his favorite candidate is thought to be zalmay rassoul, a 70-year-old former foreign minister. ashraf ghani, a former world bank official and finance minister, got just 3% of the v
long lines formed on a raw, rainy day in kabul. outgoing president hamid karza spoke after filling out his own ballot. >> ( translated ): i cast my vote today as a citizen of this country and i am so glad and proud that i have voted today. i am certain that today's event and our people's participation will take afghanistan towards stability and better lives for the people. >> warner: the pace of deadly taliban strikes had escalated leading up to the balloting. but saturday saw no...
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the one thing he learned trying to hold things together in kabul with the fighters when they come in from the hills, they can't police. they don't know how to police. so he set up a police academy actually when he was in the resistance against the taliban. and i think he would have known immediately to forge a strong police force because that i show as one of the major failings in the early years of after the taliban fell that there were no police. and taliban just walked in. >> rose: i could be wrong about this and you know much better. i always had some reason to believe that general mcchrystal had a pretty good working relationship. >> yes, right, he did. and i think karzai often, you know, asked president obama to keep him on even when he was firing him. and then mcchrystal made a personal visit back at the invitation of karzai. so you're right. he i think was trust and i think he worked very hard trying to menld -- mend that and trying o survive karzai. he didn't manage really to get karzai to buy into the surge. karzai went and he did travel down, he did do as he was asked but
the one thing he learned trying to hold things together in kabul with the fighters when they come in from the hills, they can't police. they don't know how to police. so he set up a police academy actually when he was in the resistance against the taliban. and i think he would have known immediately to forge a strong police force because that i show as one of the major failings in the early years of after the taliban fell that there were no police. and taliban just walked in. >> rose: i...
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woodruff: an afghan security guard in afghanistan shot three american doctors today at a hospital in kabul. it was the latest in a series of attacks on foreigners. the guard opened fire outside a facility run by cure international, a christian charity. the dead included a chicago pediatrician who had volunteered in afghanistan for nearly a decade. >> these people were not carrying guns, they did not have military uniforms, they came here under immense pressure and were here only to serve the people of afghanistan. this was an inhumane and brutal action, and unfortunately will impact our health services. >> woodruff: also today, the latest partial results in the afghan presidential election are showing former foreign minister abdullah abdullah leading with just under 44%. final results are due in mid- may, and it's widely expected a runoff will be needed. the government of syria intensified military pressure today around aleppo, the country's largest city. opposition groups said at least 27 people died in air strikes on a crowded market in the rebel held town of atareb. scores of others wer
woodruff: an afghan security guard in afghanistan shot three american doctors today at a hospital in kabul. it was the latest in a series of attacks on foreigners. the guard opened fire outside a facility run by cure international, a christian charity. the dead included a chicago pediatrician who had volunteered in afghanistan for nearly a decade. >> these people were not carrying guns, they did not have military uniforms, they came here under immense pressure and were here only to serve...